Twitter will adding new technology on its site, which allows to censor tweet in certain countries.
Previously, if a government wants to block tweets related to a topic, then it should block all Twitter tweets in the whole world.
"From now on, we have the ability and to withhold content from its users in a particular country, but still does not ignore its availability to users in other countries, "the announcement that Twitter conveyed through his official blog.
In the censored tweet, Twitter will show the posts 'Tweet Withheld: This tweet from @ username has been withheld in: Country ' .
As shown in the screenshot below. For now, Twitter has not used his new abilities. This sensor will be done when they were asked to withhold ( withhold ) a tweet in certain countries.
"We will try to let users know - tweet is censored. And we'll mark clearly if there is content that is on hold," says Twitter.
Some time after publication , many are worried about the ability of this new Twitter. A number of analysts, Twitter's commitment to freedom of speech and expression can be weakened if the sensor is applied

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